Is it against the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to require a tenant to show proof that they are in the country illegally? According to some
social justice warriors lawyers in Fairfax County, Virginia, yes, yes it is.
The Washington Post reports that four families of Latino descent are suing the owner of the Waples Mobile Home Park because of a policy requiring every tenant to have documentation proving their legal status.
Enter the lawyers:
Attorneys for the families are alleging that the requirement for all tenants to have a Social Security card, visa and related documents or a passport is discriminatory because it disproportionately affects Latinos. Similar policies imposed by cities and counties across the country have been overturned in federal courts but few, if any, suits have been filed against private landlords, the attorneys said.
“This type of discrimination is all too common, but the law is unfortunately far from clear,” said Ivy Finkenstadt, managing attorney with the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) which is representing the families along with the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. “We are hoping that the federal court in Alexandria will take it one step further and prohibit this practice by a private landlord as well.”
Read more:
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/05/25/illegal-immigrants-sue-landlord-for-requiring-documentation/
